(Java) Mime CurrentDateTime

The CurrentDateTime property is provide as a convenient way of getting the current date/time in RFC822 format, which is often needed for the MIME Date header field.

It is not actually a property of the MIME object. It simply returns the current date/time of the system.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success;

    CkMime mime = new CkMime();
    mime.SetBody("this is a test");
    mime.put_ContentType("text/plain");

    // The CurrentDateTime property is just a convenient way of
    // get the current date/time in RFC 822 format.  It saves us
    // the trouble of looking elsewhere for this common need.
    mime.SetHeaderField("Date",mime.currentDateTime());

    System.out.println(mime.getMime());

    // The result:

    // 	Content-Type: text/plain
    // 	Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 10:18:49 -0500
    // 
    // 	this is a tes
  }
}